Interview with Azerbaijani military expert Mehdi Mehdiyev.
According to the Armenian press, recently colonel of the Armenian armed forces, commander of a battalion of Armavir military unit was hospitalized in a military hospital in Yerevan with four stab wounds. He reportedly attempted to commit suicide after he was “punished for insulting remarks against Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian.” …
I assess it as a leakage of painful information for the Armenian side which reveals depth of problems in the army of this country. The incident mirrors the political situation in Armenia where freedom of speech and thought is violated and where clan and lynchings, inherent in the Middle Ages, still exists. I am convinced that such cases will continue to occur in the Armenian army, because the collapsing process is already underway in it. This incident is clear evidence of lack of discipline, respect for the high ranking officers. Ordinary soldiers are ready to humiliate their military commanders on the orders of top brass military unit.
It is not difficult to imagine what might happen to this officer on the front, in case of full-scale hostilities. At the same time,it is not difficult to imagine the fate of other officers who voice their discontent with the status quo in the Armenian army, one way or another. Their names do not appear in media because such incidents are hidden from the Armenian public.
It is clear that, along with the decline of morals and lack of discipline in the Armenian army, there are also financial and staff problems. Precisely these factors help explain increasing number of incidents in the Armenian army similar to what occurred with the commander of a battalion of Armavir military unit.
The gap between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the sphere economy and living standards is growing each year. Given that the army cannot exist in isolation from the economic indicators of the state, can it be said that over the years, the advantage of the Azerbaijani armed forces over the Armenian is simply overwhelming?
Of course. This is a realistic projection, which is based on an analysis of the growing economic superiority of Azerbaijan over Armenia.
If Armenia population leaves the country in large numbers, if the country’s budget is formed by borrowings, and its citizens survive due to diaspora handouts, it is ridiculous to say that the Armenian army has remained aloof from these problems. After all, the purchase and maintenance of military equipment and property costs much just as much as training of military personnel. Armenia simply has no money to do this while Azerbaijan does. We have understanding of methods to achieve the final goal. This is restoration of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan through political and other means. And this process is making good progress. The growth of the power of the Azerbaijani army and its superiority over the Armenian army is now an irreversible process.
In your opinion, can a mutiny happen in the Armenian army which would seriously complicate the whole political situation in this country?
This is quite possible. After all, there is a fairly serious discontent in the remaining Armenian population. Plus, the Armenian opposition rightly criticizes the authorities. Naturally, all this in one day may cause the army, which still stands all the hardships of life in Armenia, to start a mutiny.
But why a number of Armenian experts talk more and more about the inevitability of a new Armenian-Azerbaijani war, calling the “exact date” in advance?
This shows that the Armenian side is aware of the growing supremacy of the Azerbaijani army over its own army. In addition, though indirectly, Armenia indirectly admits that justice will prevail in the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict finally and Azerbaijan’s territory will be de-occupied.
Therefore, Armenia says Azerbaijan must undertake obligation to solve the conflict peacefully. But it keeps silent about the fact that 20% of Azerbaijani territories was captured not through peace, but as a result of war and genocide of peaceful population in Khojaly. But without identifying the causes of some phenomenon, it is impossible to deal with its consequences. And therefore, Azerbaijan has a right enshrined in the international law to restore its territorial integrity through all possible means.
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